There, I admit it. But I have to ask you this- do you think 9i will be more
buggy than the 8.1.6 that we were running that was causing core dumps,
referential integrity violations, etc.? I'm betting that 9i will be at
least a little bit better than that. Performance should be better too.

No it's more like, "Hey, I heard there is a new version of the
database
out, do we have it yet? Why not? Can we have it? Yeah let's do it, that
would be cool. Oh and by the way I installed a beta service pack on my
machine, that's ok right?"...crap like that:)
KK

Well, we wanted to upgrade from 8.0.4 to 8.1.6 last year because it had
been
desupported. We got most of the machines upgraded except for the main
production machine. I wanted to upgrade that last September. I have
finally gotten permission to tentatively schedule the for next month
(one
year later), just in time for the 8.1.6 desupport notice. Sigh.

Lisa,
You need some work to do....
Certifiable Gimp Monkey?? Stub you toe while swinging on the trapeze?
ROR mô¿ôm

>>> lisa.koivu_at_efairfield.com 08/22/01 12:45PM >>>
Don't upgrade unless there is a very good reason.

All of these are candidates

current oracle version is unstable

specific bug addressed by an upgrade/patch, as identified by support

need to utilize new feature

desupport date coming up.

If it works, don't fix it!

Don't do it just for fun. Because it can turn into HELL.

Lisa Koivu
Certifiable Gimp Monkey (and DBA)
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

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